Tracy Davis
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = Councillor The Honourable
|name = Tracy Davis
|honorific-suffix =
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|office = Brisbane City Councillor for McDowall
|term_start = 4 June 2019
|term_end =
|predecessor = Norm Wyndham
|successor =
|office1 = Chair of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee of Brisbane City Council
|term_start1 = 29 July 2021
|leader1 = Adrian Schrinner
|predecessor1 = Fiona Cunningham
|office2 = Shadow Minister for Education
|term_start2 = 6 May 2016
|term_end2 = 25 November 2017
|leader2 = Tim Nicholls
|predecessor2 = Tim Mander
|successor2 = Jarrod Bleijie
|office3 = Shadow Minister for Communities
|term_start3 = 14 February 2015
|term_end3 = 6 May 2016
|leader3 = Lawrence Springborg
|predecessor3 = Desley Scott
|successor3 = Ros Bates
|office4 = Shadow Minister for Child Safety and Disability Services
|term_start4 = 14 February 2015
|term_end4 = 6 May 2016
|leader4 = Lawrence Springborg
|predecessor4 = Desley Scott
|successor4 = Ros Bates
|term_start5 = 11 April 2011
|term_end5 = 19 February 2012
|leader5 = Campbell Newman
|predecessor5 = Ted Malone (Families and Communities)
|successor5 = Desley Scott
|office5 = Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services of Queensland
|term_start6 = 3 April 2012
|term_end6 = 14 February 2015
|premier6 = Campbell Newman
|predecessor6 = Karen Struthers (Community Services)
Phil Reeves (Child Safety)
Curtis Pitt (Disabilities)
|successor6 = Shannon Fentiman (Communities and Child Safety)
Coralee O'Rourke (Disability Services)
|constituency_MP7 = Aspley
|parliament7 = Queensland
|term_start7 = 21 March 2009
|term_end7 = 25 November 2017
|predecessor7 = Bonny Barry
|successor7 = Bart Mellish
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|12|8}}
|birth_place = Nambour, Australia
|party = Liberal National Party
| otherparty = Liberal Party
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| children = 3
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| residence =
| education = Pine Rivers District High School
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Tracy Ellen Davis (born 8 December 1962) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2009 to 2017, representing the district of Aspley. She currently serves on the Brisbane City Council as the Councillor for McDowall Ward.
Early life
Davis was born in Nambour, Queensland, but attended primary school at East Hills in New South Wales. She attended high school at Pine Rivers, and in 1982 and became a receptionist. She became a small business owner in 1995.{{cite web |title=Tracy Ellen Davis |url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/DavisTracy.htm |accessdate=31 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602011051/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/documents/memberBio/DavisTracy.htm |archive-date=2 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}
Politics
=Member of parliament=
In 2009, Davis defeated Labor MP Bonny Barry to win the seat of Aspley for the Liberal National Party. She had previously contested Aspley in 2006 as a Liberal candidate, as well as Everton in 2004.
Davis was appointed the Shadow Minister for Public Transport following a Langbroek Cabinet shuffle in November 2010. In 2011 she was appointed as Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health and Child Safety.
==Newman Ministry==
She served as Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disabilities in the Newman government.{{cite web |url=http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=78933 |title=Premier announces new Ministry |work=Department of Premier and Cabinet |date=30 March 2012 |accessdate=30 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806105231/http://statements.cabinet.qld.gov.au/MMS/StatementDisplaySingle.aspx?id=78933 |archive-date=6 August 2012 |url-status=live }}
After the LNP defeat at the 2015 election remained on the front bench as Shadow Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services under Lawrence Springborg, before moving to Shadow Education portfolio following Tim Nicholls's successful challenge to Springborg.
She lost her seat to Labor candidate Bart Mellish at the 2017 election.{{cite news | url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/26/qld-seats-set-change-hands-election | title=Qld seats set to change hands in election | work=SBS | date=26 November 2017 | accessdate=26 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171126182834/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/11/26/qld-seats-set-change-hands-election | archive-date=26 November 2017 | url-status=live }}
=Brisbane City Council=
In 2019 Davis became Brisbane City Councillor for McDowall Ward to replace Councillor Norm Wyndham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/lord-mayor-and-councillors/mcdowall-ward|title=McDowall Ward|last=|first=|date=24 July 2019|website=Brisbane City Council|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031055515/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/lord-mayor-and-councillors/mcdowall-ward|archive-date=2019-10-31|access-date=2019-10-31}} She successfully contested the Ward at the 2020 Queensland local government elections, winning 59.2% of the primary vote.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/bcc/2020/guide/mcdo |title=McDowall - BCC Electorate, Candidates, Results |website=www.abc.net.au |access-date=17 April 2020}} The McDowall Ward comprises the suburbs of McDowall, Everton Park and parts of Aspley, Bridgeman Downs, Chermside West, Stafford and Stafford Heights.{{Cite web |title=McDowall Ward |url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/lord-mayor-and-councillors/ward-office-locations/mcdowall-ward |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=www.brisbane.qld.gov.au |language=en}}
As of 2022, Davis is the Civic Cabinet Chair of the Environment, Parks and Sustainability Committee and also previously served on the City Standards Committee.{{Cite web |title=McDowall Ward |url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/lord-mayor-and-councillors/ward-office-locations/mcdowall-ward |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=www.brisbane.qld.gov.au |language=en}} She is also a Lord Mayor’s representative for multicultural communities.{{Cite web |title=McDowall Ward |url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-and-strategy/lord-mayor-and-councillors/ward-office-locations/mcdowall-ward |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=www.brisbane.qld.gov.au |language=en}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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